EU must not miss chance to make aid more effective

The EU is failing to show political leadership at a crucial time.

Over recent months, you have on several occasions focused on how the EU is trying to – and could – make its aid more effective, noting in one article, for example, that Europe’s own austerity measures are forcing the EU to take a fresh look at aid projects (“On the trail of ‘disappearing’ aid”, 16-22 June).